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Knicks Give Williams The Corner Office

Forward Specializes In Draining Threes From Two Spots

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Kevin Clark

Updated Dec. 18, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

In a game earlier this month against the Minnesota Timberwolves, as Shawne Williams, a 24-year-old forward, was in-bounding the ball, Raymond Felton jogged down the length of the court and whispered soft but stern instructions to the player he had seen pump-faking instead of shooting: Shoot the 3-point shot. Now.

From there, Mr. Williams went on to make three of four 3-point shots on the night—all from the same spot, right on the corner of the court. That 3-point prowess has earned him an unlikely rotation spot for the red-hot...